Solderless connecter for electric conducting cables



May 14, 1935. H. c. GUHL A 2,001,131

SOLDERLBSS CONNECTER FOR ELECTRIC CONDUCTING CABLES Filed Jan. 1o, 1955 11g l ,Z 15b* 1117 I I I WITNESS/5S INVENTOR,

Patented May 14, 1935 UNITED ASTATES PATENT OFFICE SOLDERLESS CONNECTER FOR ELECTRIC CONDUCTING CABLES Henry C. Guhl, Haven, Kans.

Application January 10, 1933, Serial No. 650,976

1 Claim. (Cl. 173268) This invention relates to the patent-class of contact with the tapered inner wall that surelectric conductors, and specifically, to an imrounds it. Therefore, when the jaw-pressing taproved solderless connecter for electric conductpered surface of either member II or I3 is moved ing cables. I inward by screwing such member inward on the 5 One object of this invention is to provide animthreaded part I2, the maximum pressure is ex- 5 proved solderless and self-insulating connecter 0r erted for flexing the jaws and pressing them splice for securing the meeting ends of electric against the conducting cable, with comparatively cables in such manner that they are both melittle expenditure of force in turning the female chanically and electrically safe and eicient. member on the male member.

Other objects and important features are point- I have no intention of limiting this invention 10 ed out or implied in the following details of deto the exact details as shown and specified, nor to scription, in connection with the accompanying any specific use or application, for the invention drawing in which: is susceptible of changes and of numerous uses The Single figure 0r draWing ShOWS tWO Sleeves Within the scope of the inventive ideas as implied cooperating with a dual male member for securand claimed. What I claim as my invention is: i5 ing two cable ends in spliced relation or electri- In a clamping connecter for the meeting end Cal and mechanical Contact and engagement. portions of two cables, the combination of two Referring t0 the reference numerals 0n the female members each having one end internally drawing, the invention is described in detail aS threaded, each female member also having therelo follows: in a long and gradual taper that extends from The deVlce cOnSlStS 0f a dual male member 5 the threaded part outward, anda dual male memof electric conducting material, and two female ber having its intermediate part externally members il and. I3, these latter being Somewhat threaded and adjustably tted in said intermedisimilar in construction and are formed of strong ateiy threaded parts, said male member also havand rigid insulating material. The Outer endS Ing two annular arrangements of flexible elon- 25 o these members II and I3 are formed with angated damping jaws Surrounding two spaces for hule-r flanges lla and '3a OI Overlapping the lnreceiving the meeting cable-ends, said Ajaws havsulation of the cables 3; and their inner ends are ing only a minute portion 0f their free ends norforlned With interlapping annular flanges Hb mally against the intermediate tapered parts and and |3b that ccrnbine t0 insulate and guard the thereby pressed centripetally into engagement 30 threaded part I2. Each of these female memwith the cab1e-ends, a, very large proportion of bers has its inner end internally screw-threaded. the jaws being spaced from said long and gradual and also has an inner surface constituting a long tapers', the said female members being of e1eC and gradual taper that extends from the threadtric-insumnng material and being formed with ed Dart Outward t0 a Point near its Outer end annular flanges that interlap with one another 35 where it adjoins the respective insulation-coverat' their internally threaded ends so as to fully ing flange 'la 0r i3d- The dual male member 0r cover said externally threaded part in the differdllnleX clamping member 5'iS Slotted lngitlldient adjustments of the members relative to one nally at 6 so both its ends are formed into sets of another, the outer ends of said female members 40 Clamping J'aWS that are flexible. elongated. having annular flanges to overlap the insulation 40 Straight and parallel, that iSy each law Of a Set on said meeting end portions of the cables. is parallel to all the other jaws of its set, so that only the extreme outer ends of the jaws are in HENRY C. GUI-IL. 

